The Slingshot Cluster, NGC 2301, in Monoceros. Name comes from John Bambury's 300 List. Little nebula at upper right is NGC 2282. This is a stack of 4 x 8 minute exposures at ISO 1000 with the Canon 5D MkII and Astro-Physics Traveler 105mm apo refractor at f/5.8 with the 6x7 field flattener. Taken from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, Australia, December 18/19, 2012.
